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How consumers find what they want to buy and buy it in a world that is no longer defined by a physical place but what a consumer wants to buy and how she wants to buy it. Connected devices and the integration of payments into this now digital-led shopping journey is creating new ways for merchants and consumers to interact and disrupting traditional retail business models.

2020 To Mark A Turning Point At The Point of Sale

2020 To Mark A Turning Point At The Point of Sale
2020 To Mark A Turning Point At The Point of Sale
December 31, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

The end of one decade, the beginning of another. Might the coming year be marked by innovation at the point of sale (POS)? Get the...

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Super Saturday Pulls In Record-Breaking $34.4B In Retail Sales
Super Saturday Pulls In Record-Breaking $34.4B In Retail Sales
December 24, 2019  |  Retail

Exceeding forecasts, Dec. 21, the last Saturday shopping day before Christmas 2019, has been confirmed as the single biggest retail sales day in U.S. History....

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What’s Under The Millennial Christmas Tree This Year?
What’s Under The Millennial Christmas Tree This Year?
December 24, 2019  |  Retail

All that’s left now, more or less, is the rush of returns that will all but overwhelm some retailers. Christmas Eve is upon us, and...

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Measuring Retail Success In The Digital Age
Measuring Retail Success In The Digital Age
December 23, 2019  |  Retail

Online shopping has fundamentally changed the rules of how to gauge a company’s performance around the holidays. Unlike the old days, the number of people...

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Why Rent The Runway Wants To Become The Amazon Prime Of Retail
Why Rent The Runway Wants To Become The Amazon Prime Of Retail
December 20, 2019  |  Retail

A decade ago, the concept of building a retail operation around shopping in other people’s closets was something of a hard sell. In 2009, the...

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How Singles Day Gave Rise To China’s Digital Commerce Culture
How Singles Day Gave Rise To China’s Digital Commerce Culture
December 18, 2019  |  eCommerce

Singles Day started quite humbly. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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UK Regulator Looks To Expand Open Banking Beyond Banking
UK Regulator Looks To Expand Open Banking Beyond Banking
December 18, 2019  |  Bank Regulation

In the U.K., Open Banking could be expanded soon to allow for data sharing between a much larger range of finance companies, according to the...

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The Rise Of Holiday Reshipping Fraud
The Rise Of Holiday Reshipping Fraud
December 17, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Criminals get into the holiday spirit, too. For instance, they know how to talk in friendly, polite terms to overworked and often-frustrated customer service representatives...

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Giving The Gift Of Better Payments
Giving The Gift Of Better Payments
December 13, 2019  |  Today In Data

Real-time payments are gaining steam this holiday season, and merchants are hoping for more secure transactions as the year ends. The Internet of Things (IoT)...

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